Thank you, British Museum. But I was puzzled when one of the presenter asked if a terracotta statue was a Christian Madonna! And it was unpleasant to see B. Johnson introducing the exhibition.
Antonio Lc YT has a video of Boris debating Mary Beard about Rome and Greece. He may not want his supporters to know but he is fluent in Ancient Greek and Latin and very versed in that history.
Pompeii is what first ever drew me to archaeology as a small child. I was so fascinated. Now, ages later, I'm finally going to school for anthropology/archaeology. 💗
@Joe Blow Is it leftist to not condone slavery? I feel like she didn't judge them as such, just make clear that from a modern perspective we would feel uncomfortable about some elements of their society if we visited.
@Joe Blow No, it would be better if conservatives would stop clinging to outdated religions and belief systems that are the antithesis to human freedom and civilization.
Mary Beard is a highly educated woman who is very down to earth ... nothing like your grandma. She is the world's most prominent expert on the Roman era.
@@shellc6743 how do you know what Emily’s Grandma was like ? Maybe she was also an intellectual, highly educated etc. It is likely Mary Beard has adult children of her own that she is also a grandmother. If you watch her with the cradle in her Pompei doco her empathy to motherhood is evident. Your comment suggests that somehow a woman can’t be both a respected intellectual and a parent/grandparent. We don’t live in the 1950’s anymore.
I wish these shows weren’t so focused on the pomp and back patting of opening night and focused solely on the exhibit itself as a way for people to see these things who couldn’t otherwise see it.
It’s a joy to watch Bettany Hughes & Mary Beard chatting away with such delight- the best example of what studying history can do for you! Heartfelt gratitude you both.
These artifacts belong in Italy, NOT the British Museum! Despite the apparent production value and posh narration by the semi-famous presenters, the REAL story is how the British Empire spent CENTURIES systematically STEALING valuable priceless artifacts from all over the World, and lost more in transit to the bottom of the Atlantic and Mediterranean seas than actually EVER finally arrived to have been displayed in the museum. The British Museum is the ONE place on the planet that should be opened up for Countries around the World to rummage through to reclaim their stolen history. These items belong to the ITALIAN Museum in Rome or Capua, or Pompeii or Herculaneum themselves, and should be returned IMMEDIATELY for that reason. In the meantime, NOBODY should be swayed by the aristocracy to support or defend the THIEVERY behind the acquisition of these artifacts whatsoever! Give the World back their history, United Kingdom! The truth of your conquest and oppression belies your claims of your educational motivations. A stain not easily painted over.
@@twstf8905 can you not read , the exhibition is a collaboration between the British museum and the museum of Napoli.. Read the info before crying about stuff that isn't happening you saddo
I love me some Mary Beard and Bettany Hughes. To see them together is just a dream; it’s like watching that episode when all the Doctors from Doctor Who meet up to save Gallifrey. “Gallifrey Falls, No More”.
As Solomon said in Ecclesiastes " the thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
Fantastic programme, its great to see an honest to goodness documentary fashioned like this. No fancy FX, editing, just engaging experts and storytellers and fantastic relics and works of art , culture and history relevant to us all in the 4 corners of the world
These artifacts belong in Italy, NOT the British Museum! Despite the apparent production value and posh narration by the semi-famous presenters, the REAL story is how the British Empire spent CENTURIES systematically STEALING valuable priceless artifacts from all over the World, and lost more in transit to the bottom of the Atlantic and Mediterranean seas than actually EVER finally arrived to have been displayed in the museum. The British Museum is the ONE place on the planet that should be opened up for Countries around the World to rummage through to reclaim their stolen history. These items belong to the ITALIAN Museum in Rome or Capua, or Pompeii or Herculaneum themselves, and should be returned IMMEDIATELY for that reason. In the meantime, NOBODY should be swayed by the aristocracy to support or defend the THIEVERY behind the acquisition of these artifacts whatsoever! Give the World back their history, United Kingdom! The truth of your conquest and oppression belies your claims of your educational motivations. A stain not easily painted over.
@@twstf8905 i think you missed the beginning where they explicitly stated a good amount of the items were being loaned from the Italian museum just for this exhibit I agree with your rant but fuckin pay attention to the goddamn show if you're gonna freak out about it
It actually made me tear up when they discussed about the people on the beach and the family. Such a fantastic educational programme. My only negative comment is Peter Snow kept on interrupting the experts in the middle of their discussions. Some wanted to say more but got cut off with awkward change of topics etc.
@@lynnedelacy2841 yes. I knew it was live and he needed to keep them on track but there were times that he just cut off someone in the middle of their sentence. Better transitions maybe? Stil, I loved the show.
Went to the British Museum in 1987 and also Pompeii. The Museum is so vast I was only able to see a part of it. Thanks to the British Museum and the Italians for cooperating to put the exhibition together and to the British Museum for putting it online Really enjoyed it.
i was obsessed with pompeii as a child and got to visit when i was about 11... amazing but my father lost the film of pictures young me took! this helped to bring back a couple of memories of my trip. i only hope i get to visit again
Is it me or does Bettany Hughes make you fall in love with history and wish you listened more in your history class when you were in school!! Lol I could listen to her talk all day 😊👏
Pine cones and snakes, symbols all over our world (46.33). Beautiful to be able to watch and listen. Thanks to BM. Would love to visit Pompeii some day, a dream since many yrs.
Thanks so much for the tour. I did visit the exhibition and also Pompeii itself in 1966 when a teenager. I love Mary's and Bettany's style and enthusiasm for the subject and wish I had taken up archaeology as a career, although I did some volunteer work at the Museum of London recently. I really hope to revisit the sites some day.
I just loved this live show from the British Museum So wish to thank everyone involved with organizing it .It was brilliant. Bettany Hughes and Mary Beard of course making the presentation even more interesting. I was also particularly interested with the baker and the Apicius cook book. because some years ago I ran a small business producing Apicius sauces made from his original Roman recipes, and sold them to most Museums in England including The British Museum as a gift item. Now retired and living in Crete. Once again thank you for your wonderful live show of Pompeii .
This is wonderful, i maybe never visit the British museum or even England in my life, so these tours are great, and i can not express how wonderful is this live tour and see the museum collection in firsthand. Greetings from a Mexican Subscriber =)
These artifacts belong in Italy, NOT the British Museum! Despite the apparent production value and posh narration by the semi-famous presenters, the REAL story is how the British Empire spent CENTURIES systematically STEALING valuable priceless artifacts from all over the World, and lost more in transit to the bottom of the Atlantic and Mediterranean seas than actually EVER finally arrived to have been displayed in the museum. The British Museum is the ONE place on the planet that should be opened up for Countries around the World to rummage through to reclaim their stolen history. These items belong to the ITALIAN Museum in Rome or Capua, or Pompeii or Herculaneum themselves, and should be returned IMMEDIATELY for that reason. In the meantime, NOBODY should be swayed by the aristocracy to support or defend the THIEVERY behind the acquisition of these artifacts whatsoever! Give the World back their history, United Kingdom! The truth of your conquest and oppression belies your claims of your educational motivations. A stain not easily painted over.
@@twstf8905 your really quite backwards and thick aint ya . Romans weren't Italians like you , your DNA is different to Roman 2000 years ago, find the DNA documentaries, Italy Britain Scandinavian,, British are closely related to northern Europeans ( no surprises there then ) Modern Italians surprised me the most, I just assumed they were direct descendants of Romans, but your not , not at all Go watch, it's too much info for me to remember everything correctly, was couple years ago I watched it,, The Scandinavian ( Viking ) Saxon Britain's is on utube So I'm sure the others will be too. Your more African than Roman...
@@twstf8905 Italian peasants , just like the Egypt peasants were robbing and selling everything they could to anyone that wanted to buy them, you lot didn't care about ancient times You sold the history.. British , French, German, Spanish, we never sold off our historical artifacts...
I remember my history teacher telling us about his trip to Pompey. He also told us about the member displays on the sidewalks almost all over Pompey. We wouldn't believe him, because he told us many great funny things. I think I owe him an apology :D Thank you so much for this trip at the museum. Greetings from Germany
I travelled to Pompeii in 1989 and it was one of the most wonderful trips of my life. I went in November as I had a little break between job and it was the only time I could go. At that time it was very seasonal and so hardly anyone was there. Perhaps I'm romanticising it but I remember walking around virtually alone. I bribed a guard to be allowed into buildings and a garden not open to the public. This is now open and called the Garden of Venus, I believe. I've been obsessed with the ancient world and Italy in general since, including Medieval and renaissance periods and sites. To the degree that I don't feel fully alive at home in Edinburgh and visiting is like a light is turned on and every moment I am alive. I don't know why I am so happy and love every moment of life so much in Italy but hate ever moment here in Scotland. I love beauty and art I guess and here the streets are filled with drunken idiots. The idea of beauty is meaningless in Scottish culture. Italians want it is everything from a cup of coffee to a work of art.
I can completely empathize with your comments. It's pretty much the same attitudes that I encounter here in L.A. People seem so focused on their everyday concerns that they have little interest in cultural or historical subjects. I dare not even mention the James Webb Space Telescope without eliciting a passive shrug.
When I was in Pompeji the guide said that while a lot of people were evacuated, some slaves/servants were left to prevent looting, that's heartbreaking💔 p.s slavery is still here it's just on the other side of the world, The people making our things, clothes, electronics etc. Also people having to work three jobs to make end meet! That's a sort of slavery!
Why would anyone hit the unlike button? Don't be hating. This is fascinating. I really think I reincarnated. Only 79AD people would remember. Thank you for showing us this magnificent collection.
I love Mary Beard and Andrew Wallace-Hadrill. They are fantastic! I love their shows, which are full of so much information. This program is Wonderful.
Loved this, thank you all whom put it together 👏👏👏 I do get irritated when the "experts" sound condescending when describing how people from hundreds of years past knew how to cultivate and create beautiful things, how do you think we learnt 😂 intelligence is not new, neither is common sense
Wonderful! The experts who guided us through and spoke on the exhibits are exceptional. It was a real treat to spend time with them and these extraordinary artefacts. The enthusiasm of the presenters was invigorating also I would agree with other comments that Peter Snow perhaps let his excitement occasionally interrupt the flow and elucidation provided. More of these, please! I wouldn't mind more concentrated, deeper dives into more specific areas of study even. Talks and presentations that delve further into the more academic, such as one might enjoy at university level? Thankyou for this brilliant work!
Wonderful.... only one regret.... I wanted to see more of the objects... i'm sure some will say that the insights shared by the historians were paramount .... but i believe that the objects, in bigger numbers, would have had just as powerful an impact....
These artifacts belong in Italy, NOT the British Museum! Despite the apparent production value and posh narration by the semi-famous presenters, the REAL story is how the British Empire spent CENTURIES systematically STEALING valuable priceless artifacts from all over the World, and lost more in transit to the bottom of the Atlantic and Mediterranean seas than actually EVER finally arrived to have been displayed in the museum. The British Museum is the ONE place on the planet that should be opened up for Countries around the World to rummage through to reclaim their stolen history. These items belong to the ITALIAN Museum in Rome or Capua, or Pompeii or Herculaneum themselves, and should be returned IMMEDIATELY for that reason. In the meantime, NOBODY should be swayed by the aristocracy to support or defend the THIEVERY behind the acquisition of these artifacts whatsoever! Give the World back their history, United Kingdom! The truth of your conquest and oppression belies your claims of your educational motivations. A stain not easily painted over.
TWSTF 8 No one is saying they belong to the British Museum, they are on loan from the museum of Naples. The area is a World Heritage Site as such is for the world to enjoy and understand, for many people they may never have the opportunity to travel to the site. The British Museum has been held responsible for “stealing “ the fresco from the Parthenon in Greece. In reality they were sold to Lord Elgin by the Greek government and subsequently to the British Museum. Had they not been sold, the odds are that they would no longer be in existence. It was a different time with a different mindset !
When I visited Pompeii with my wife a couple of years ago we were evacuated due to adverse weather conditions so I'd like to return to complete my visit, as it were.
This was great, I really enjoyed it! An unexpected bonus was it being presented through the lens of British culture...the buildup to that Pan statue as if it were something so shocking. I found it to be an incredibly beautiful and complex statue, but had no problems looking at it, no lie!
yeah, when she basically said "nobody can look at this without being shocked" I was like "WTF - what kind of deeply ingrained prudism drives this experienced, obviously not shy woman to say that?" Really, this is nice pornographic fantasy art quite nicer than most porn out there.
These artifacts belong in Italy, NOT the British Museum! Despite the apparent production value and posh narration by the semi-famous presenters, the REAL story is how the British Empire spent CENTURIES systematically STEALING valuable priceless artifacts from all over the World, and lost more in transit to the bottom of the Atlantic and Mediterranean seas than actually EVER finally arrived to have been displayed in the museum. The British Museum is the ONE place on the planet that should be opened up for Countries around the World to rummage through to reclaim their stolen history. These items belong to the ITALIAN Museum in Rome or Capua, or Pompeii or Herculaneum themselves, and should be returned IMMEDIATELY for that reason. In the meantime, NOBODY should be swayed by the aristocracy to support or defend the THIEVERY behind the acquisition of these artifacts whatsoever! Give the World back their history, United Kingdom! The truth of your conquest and oppression belies your claims of your educational motivations. A stain not easily painted over.
Really enjoyed this doc. Appreciated the rare BOGOF with Bett and Mary sppearing together. I went to Pompeii in 2007 and the BM exhibition afterwards. Both were amazing. Thanks for posting this on here it brings back happy memories!
The thing about stamping bread dough that was brought to the bakers for baking at about 43:00 was a thing in the UK until ovens that could bake became commonplace in homes. I'm not sure why Peter Snow is so surprised, as he must have heard the nursery rhyme: Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man. Bake me a cake as fast as you can Pat it and prick it, and mark it with B, Put it in the oven for Baby and me.
Mary Beard is a highly educated woman .. she is very qualified in this area. No One alive today can come close to her knowledge ... The artifacts were leant to the British Museum by Italy... wonderful. Peter Snow is a former news reader .. and can't stop himself interrupting. He is very knowledge on battle field history. I very much enjoyed this tour .. Thanks British Museum.
You have to go to pompeii to understand, feel, touch and know pompei. Ive been 6 times, know every corner every building every discovery. Its more than a passion for me, its my life. Sadly i cant get there as often as i like but every chance i get i walk into this ancient ruin and can see it as was that fateful day. Id love to be allowed to excavate i really would!
I’m so grateful to have the opportunity to see this online. I love the British Museum, but I live in California so this is SO exciting to see. Thank you for this astonishing exhibition and for this video event.
Enjoyed every word! How amazing to see these beautiful, interesting ahem, and the glimpse into this ‘ordinary’ life which isn’t ordinary at all. Thank you.
Normally I might find these sorts of presentations quite dry and boring, but this captivated by interest for the whole duration. I applaud the 'straight talk' adult content and slang, as I cant imagine kids would be remotely interested in stuffy old history videos. The delightful presenters brought this collection to life in a way even a curator would struggle to do, and if I were near London I would love to explore it after this heads up. At least a hundred thousand people got to see this, proving popularity. One tip: seeing the presentors faces on the cover image for this video would get x3 times the views and responses, and its never too late to change this to a more official branded channel to get more views. This is THE British Museum, after all, and you are right to feel proud of it.
Thank you. I am so grateful for all those talented, creative and endlessly adaptable folk out there in the field of art and culture. So important, life enhancing and affirming during this period of threat, transition, isolation and social distancing when our political leaders are, in so many ways failing us.
very well done and interesting and enriching way of experiencing a museum exhibition. all the great museums of the world should create and promote such events, thank you!
Fascinating ! Merci from Paris ! It's always a great great pleasure to listen Mary Beard ! However, the question of Peter Snow about "these absurd character" of Bacchus as he said, is really stupid !
Herculaneum wasn't killed by a pyroclastic flow like Pompeii, but a "lahar" or mudslide. This is why the material covering it is so much more difficult to dig through than excavating Pompeii. The volcanic mud that covered Herculaneum dried and hardened into what is effectively solid concrete. It's also why what has been uncovered at Herculaneum was so much better preserved than what has been found at Pompeii.
😊Thank you very much for this excellent program, absolutely fabulous and Mary Beard always accurate and exquisite in her presentation...keep Peter Snow away from any other program's please?!?! very distracting and patronising in his way...but as an Italian you make me very proud, and yours knowledge of my country and the history of it is remarkable Grazie mille.
I think its amazing that in Pompeii they had bars and parties and fast food restaurants and big marble temples but then hundreds of years later people were living in dirt shacks and living a not very civilised life. Obviously is depends where your talking about but its still weird
This is an awesome video of the exhibit. I wish these guys were along on all the museum tours. We were able to see Herculaneum and it was such a great family trip to see how these families so long ago lived. I cant wait to get backnto Europe and see more of these sites! Thank you for creating this video :)
Thank you so much British Museum, I was due to have my first UK & Europe trip in June and July but have had to cancel everything due to the situation. The museums would have definitely been one of the highlights of the trip
Loved this thank you. I love Mary Beard and her expertise just reaches me effortlessly. I do like the other commentators too never mind the actual content, so interesting.
I really would like to say thank you. With these videos we can reach a little bit of BM in oour homes. I am from Brazil, history teacher and love watch your presentation. I am really delighted. Thank you, thank you, thank you. May be one day, i could be at this museum once again.
Hello from Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦 Seeing the family from the house of the golden bracelet truly does bring the horror and tragedy of the eruption fully to life, so to speak. The knowledge of this family’s end is just so very heartbreakingly poignant and touching. As always, I am relieved to know that they did not suffer slow, painful deaths at the end. It is truly a blessing that they didn’t truly know what was about to happen to them. This exhibit in particular is fascinating to me. I was in my early teens when the bodies preserved in plaster were first introduced to the public in a National Geographic magazine, and it fully engaged my imagination and lit a lifelong interest in both archeology and anthropology. Although I eventually would go into clinical psychology as a career, had my life gone a little differently I would have loved to become an archeologist. We learn so much from history, and Pompeii and Herculaneum are such rich and varied instructors. FWIW, I am in agreement with the experts to preserve and protect what has already been found, leave the rest to future generations to discover and learn from. Thank you so much for putting this online, I have quite enjoyed it.
That was great and very very interesting. I feel bad about complaining about any aspect, but the presenter was extremely irritating, what with interrupting the experts (I was interested in what Mary Beard was saying about slaves but he just forced her to move on) and letting his modern day biases about everything from the taste of the food to the smells to the gods come to the fore. Nothing to do with his age (so many ageist comments on here), he is just a lousy presenter.
Alison Manion agreed! I was getting so frustrated. I just wanted to hear what she was saying but he would interrupt her mid sentence. Then him chuckling while they were talking about the people dying towards the end was just disturbing.
Could have been bad or lack of producing/guidance while shooting the segments, I expect they would have a very small crew on sight while filming due to wanting to minimize risks. But yes the very frequent interruptions are distracting.
I felt like Mary Beard was going on and on, and I thought he did a good job of staying on topic as she rambled a lot. She obviously knows very much but she never stopped talking and getting to the point lol I do think she's absolutely brilliant though.
I love the passion they all speak about these roman cities with. Yes, history is simply fascinating. The artifacts are very interesting. Excellent event and video.
its a reminder you cant take nothing with you/ these fantastic treasures have lasted thousands of years and we are here in a blink off an eye/ dont put your life into THINGS / great show bravo/
I will never find out after 10 mins of hearing how great the presenters thought of the others were and thus themselves yet without a start to the actual tour I gave up !
Thank you so much for sharing this!!!! This is an excellent example of how museums can integrate technology into exhibits! This sets a new standard for all of us.
I totally agree, about not being in a hurry to excavate more areas, before conservation of the areas already exposed. First visit to Pompeii, areas were freshly excavated. Have photos of paintings & mosaics now cut out and in the museum. Was a wonder to wonder about shooting several hundred photos. Next visit back, left me mortified at the state of Pompeii. Scaffolding & plywood everywhere holding up walls ready to collapse. Years of neglect and corruption within the government, left this wonderful site, a total disaster. So, am very thankful to see so much of their culture preserved and safely in museums for future generations to marvel at. The the most part, the presenters were enlightening. And listening to Bettany Hughes and Mary Beard exchanging ideas was brilliant. The only downer was Mr. Showboat aka Peter Snow, constantly interrupting and pretty much, just rude & ignorant of the Pompeii culture. Doubt he played outside much as a child. Otherwise thoroughly enjoyed and learned quite a number of new things. Thank you.
It's amazing that a museum would have the pleasure to make video content for netizens to watch. Such a delightful way to enjoy these things from far away, thank you for what you do :)
Very well done. What a treat to have a one and a half hour video devoted to the treasures of the two most fragile cities excavated. COVID situation has made it possible for British Museum to showcase exhibitions in a format not thought of before but equally appealing. Need more !
I consider we are very fortunate to have such interesting and informative events such as this placed up on RUclips - a facility that has become my portal to the world - to so much that is important and relevant. Thanks very much :)
Please be advised this recording is BBFC rated as 12A and contains some sexual imagery and swearing, viewer discretion is advised.
Bring it on!
How long will the recording be available for? Thank you
Thank you, British Museum. But I was puzzled when one of the presenter asked if a terracotta statue was a Christian Madonna! And it was unpleasant to see B. Johnson introducing the exhibition.
The British Museum It wouldn’t be Pompeii without sexual imagery!
Antonio Lc YT has a video of Boris debating Mary Beard about Rome and Greece. He may not want his supporters to know but he is fluent in Ancient Greek and Latin and very versed in that history.
Pompeii is what first ever drew me to archaeology as a small child. I was so fascinated. Now, ages later, I'm finally going to school for anthropology/archaeology. 💗
I could listen to Mary talk about all the details of Roman life and Roman perspective for hours.
@Joe Blow Is it leftist to not condone slavery? I feel like she didn't judge them as such, just make clear that from a modern perspective we would feel uncomfortable about some elements of their society if we visited.
@@RealUlrichLeland Exactly. Comparing and contrasting our societies, really helps with imagining what it would be like to live then.
@Joe Blow No, it would be better if conservatives would stop clinging to outdated religions and belief systems that are the antithesis to human freedom and civilization.
She does a whole Roman series here on RUclips. If you have about 5 hours of spare time it's well worth a watch
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I adore Mary Beard. So warm and real. She’s just the best ❤️
She reminds me of my grandmother, fun, intellectual, interesting and a bit cheeky! I love it when she swears for some reason.
Emily Gilbey she reminds me of Meryl Streep
Mary Beard you inspire me to learn & warm my heart. Your beauty is a great gift to this world .
Mary Beard is a highly educated woman who is very down to earth ... nothing like your grandma. She is the world's most prominent expert on the Roman era.
@@shellc6743 how do you know what Emily’s Grandma was like ? Maybe she was also an intellectual, highly educated etc.
It is likely Mary Beard has adult children of her own that she is also a grandmother.
If you watch her with the cradle in her Pompei doco her empathy to motherhood is evident. Your comment suggests that somehow a woman can’t be both a respected intellectual and a parent/grandparent.
We don’t live in the 1950’s anymore.
I wish these shows weren’t so focused on the pomp and back patting of opening night and focused solely on the exhibit itself as a way for people to see these things who couldn’t otherwise see it.
It’s a joy to watch Bettany Hughes & Mary Beard chatting away with such delight- the best example of what studying history can do for you! Heartfelt gratitude you both.
These artifacts belong in Italy, NOT the British Museum!
Despite the apparent production value and posh narration by the semi-famous presenters, the REAL story is how the British Empire spent CENTURIES systematically STEALING valuable priceless artifacts from all over the World, and lost more in transit to the bottom of the Atlantic and Mediterranean seas than actually EVER finally arrived to have been displayed in the museum.
The British Museum is the ONE place on the planet that should be opened up for Countries around the World to rummage through to reclaim their stolen history.
These items belong to the ITALIAN Museum in Rome or Capua, or Pompeii or Herculaneum themselves, and should be returned IMMEDIATELY for that reason.
In the meantime, NOBODY should be swayed by the aristocracy to support or defend the THIEVERY behind the acquisition of these artifacts whatsoever!
Give the World back their history, United Kingdom!
The truth of your conquest and oppression belies your claims of your educational motivations. A stain not easily painted over.
@@twstf8905 can you not read , the exhibition is a collaboration between the British museum and the museum of Napoli..
Read the info before crying about stuff that isn't happening you saddo
@@twstf8905 Rome invaded Britain. Now Italy collaborates with the UK. Funny how that works out...
I love me some Mary Beard and Bettany Hughes. To see them together is just a dream; it’s like watching that episode when all the Doctors from Doctor Who meet up to save Gallifrey. “Gallifrey Falls, No More”.
The one striking thing, I have realized in studying history is this. Human nature does not change, ever.
As Solomon said in Ecclesiastes " the thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
Fantastic programme, its great to see an honest to goodness documentary fashioned like this. No fancy FX, editing, just engaging experts and storytellers and fantastic relics and works of art , culture and history relevant to us all in the 4 corners of the world
These artifacts belong in Italy, NOT the British Museum!
Despite the apparent production value and posh narration by the semi-famous presenters, the REAL story is how the British Empire spent CENTURIES systematically STEALING valuable priceless artifacts from all over the World, and lost more in transit to the bottom of the Atlantic and Mediterranean seas than actually EVER finally arrived to have been displayed in the museum.
The British Museum is the ONE place on the planet that should be opened up for Countries around the World to rummage through to reclaim their stolen history.
These items belong to the ITALIAN Museum in Rome or Capua, or Pompeii or Herculaneum themselves, and should be returned IMMEDIATELY for that reason.
In the meantime, NOBODY should be swayed by the aristocracy to support or defend the THIEVERY behind the acquisition of these artifacts whatsoever!
Give the World back their history, United Kingdom!
The truth of your conquest and oppression belies your claims of your educational motivations. A stain not easily painted over.
@@twstf8905 i think you missed the beginning where they explicitly stated a good amount of the items were being loaned from the Italian museum just for this exhibit
I agree with your rant but fuckin pay attention to the goddamn show if you're gonna freak out about it
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It actually made me tear up when they discussed about the people on the beach and the family.
Such a fantastic educational programme.
My only negative comment is Peter Snow kept on interrupting the experts in the middle of their discussions. Some wanted to say more but got cut off with awkward change of topics etc.
It was a live broadcast. He was doing his job to keep things on schedule.
If he didn't interrupt, it would've been a six hour broadcast instead of 1.5
Yes but as an experienced broadcaster he should have been able to handle the change of subjects with more finesse
@@lynnedelacy2841 yes. I knew it was live and he needed to keep them on track but there were times that he just cut off someone in the middle of their sentence. Better transitions maybe?
Stil, I loved the show.
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Went to the British Museum in 1987 and also Pompeii. The Museum is so vast I was only able to see a part of it. Thanks to the British Museum and the Italians for cooperating to put the exhibition together and to the British Museum for putting it online Really enjoyed it.
i was obsessed with pompeii as a child and got to visit when i was about 11... amazing but my father lost the film of pictures young me took! this helped to bring back a couple of memories of my trip. i only hope i get to visit again
Love Bettany Hughes. wonderful to watch and hearing about Pompeii with such enthusiasm and professional way, I admire you all.
Is it me or does Bettany Hughes make you fall in love with history and wish you listened more in your history class when you were in school!! Lol I could listen to her talk all day 😊👏
If she had been my history teacher I am sure I would have paid more attention. She makes everything come alive.
Pine cones and snakes, symbols all over our world (46.33). Beautiful to be able to watch and listen. Thanks to BM.
Would love to visit Pompeii some day, a dream since many yrs.
Thanks so much for the tour. I did visit the exhibition and also Pompeii itself in 1966 when a teenager. I love Mary's and Bettany's style and enthusiasm for the subject and wish I had taken up archaeology as a career, although I did some volunteer work at the Museum of London recently. I really hope to revisit the sites some day.
I just loved this live show from the British Museum So wish to thank everyone involved with organizing it .It was brilliant. Bettany Hughes and Mary Beard of course making the presentation even more interesting. I was also particularly interested with the baker and the Apicius cook book. because some years ago I ran a small business producing Apicius sauces made from his original Roman recipes, and sold them to most Museums in England including The British Museum as a gift item. Now retired and living in Crete. Once again thank you for your wonderful live show of Pompeii .
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This is wonderful, i maybe never visit the British museum or even England in my life, so these tours are great, and i can not express how wonderful is this live tour and see the museum collection in firsthand. Greetings from a Mexican Subscriber =)
These artifacts belong in Italy, NOT the British Museum!
Despite the apparent production value and posh narration by the semi-famous presenters, the REAL story is how the British Empire spent CENTURIES systematically STEALING valuable priceless artifacts from all over the World, and lost more in transit to the bottom of the Atlantic and Mediterranean seas than actually EVER finally arrived to have been displayed in the museum.
The British Museum is the ONE place on the planet that should be opened up for Countries around the World to rummage through to reclaim their stolen history.
These items belong to the ITALIAN Museum in Rome or Capua, or Pompeii or Herculaneum themselves, and should be returned IMMEDIATELY for that reason.
In the meantime, NOBODY should be swayed by the aristocracy to support or defend the THIEVERY behind the acquisition of these artifacts whatsoever!
Give the World back their history, United Kingdom!
The truth of your conquest and oppression belies your claims of your educational motivations. A stain not easily painted over.
Hi Sh1mbo, I’ve never visited the museum or England in my 72 years either. Greetings from a US Subscriber =) where in Mexico do you live?
@@twstf8905 you are lucky that the British cared enough to protect these treasures.
@@twstf8905 your really quite backwards and thick aint ya .
Romans weren't Italians like you , your DNA is different to Roman 2000 years ago, find the DNA documentaries, Italy Britain Scandinavian,,
British are closely related to northern Europeans ( no surprises there then )
Modern Italians surprised me the most, I just assumed they were direct descendants of Romans, but your not , not at all
Go watch, it's too much info for me to remember everything correctly, was couple years ago I watched it,,
The Scandinavian ( Viking ) Saxon Britain's is on utube
So I'm sure the others will be too.
Your more African than Roman...
@@twstf8905 Italian peasants , just like the Egypt peasants were robbing and selling everything they could to anyone that wanted to buy them, you lot didn't care about ancient times
You sold the history..
British , French, German, Spanish, we never sold off our historical artifacts...
I remember my history teacher telling us about his trip to Pompey. He also told us about the member displays on the sidewalks almost all over Pompey. We wouldn't believe him, because he told us many great funny things. I think I owe him an apology :D
Thank you so much for this trip at the museum. Greetings from Germany
Should have had Mary Beard do the whole show. She is my favorite to listen to! ❤
I travelled to Pompeii in 1989 and it was one of the most wonderful trips of my life. I went in November as I had a little break between job and it was the only time I could go. At that time it was very seasonal and so hardly anyone was there. Perhaps I'm romanticising it but I remember walking around virtually alone. I bribed a guard to be allowed into buildings and a garden not open to the public. This is now open and called the Garden of Venus, I believe. I've been obsessed with the ancient world and Italy in general since, including Medieval and renaissance periods and sites. To the degree that I don't feel fully alive at home in Edinburgh and visiting is like a light is turned on and every moment I am alive. I don't know why I am so happy and love every moment of life so much in Italy but hate ever moment here in Scotland. I love beauty and art I guess and here the streets are filled with drunken idiots. The idea of beauty is meaningless in Scottish culture. Italians want it is everything from a cup of coffee to a work of art.
I can completely empathize with your comments. It's pretty much the same attitudes that I encounter here in L.A. People seem so focused on their everyday concerns that they have little interest in cultural or historical subjects. I dare not even mention the James Webb Space Telescope without eliciting a passive shrug.
The idea of beauty is meaningless in Scottish culture. ??? i think you need to open your eyes before insulting your country
@@michaelstearnesstearnes1498 Los Angeles uncultured wow what a shock lol
Really looking forward to this! I've visited Pompeii a number of times and find it so fascinating!
When I was in Pompeji the guide said that while a lot of people were evacuated, some slaves/servants were left to prevent looting, that's heartbreaking💔
p.s slavery is still here it's just on the other side of the world, The people making our things, clothes, electronics etc.
Also people having to work three jobs to make end meet! That's a sort of slavery!
Well said unfortunately it's not just the other side of the world. :(
@@shadowraith1 true, you're absolutely right!
No one force your 'wage slaves' to breed more slaves
But they keep providing cheap human resources
@Joe Blow Joe Blow I admitted I was wrong about that earlier in this thread. Saying I don't think much or get out much it just mean!
True, they refer to slavery as if it was something of the past...
Thank you so much for putting this on the internet. It was so wonderful to see this exhibition. I appreciate your generosity.
Why would anyone hit the unlike button? Don't be hating. This is fascinating. I really think I reincarnated. Only 79AD people would remember. Thank you for showing us this magnificent collection.
I love Mary Beard and Andrew Wallace-Hadrill. They are fantastic! I love their shows, which are full of so much information. This program is Wonderful.
Loved this, thank you all whom put it together 👏👏👏 I do get irritated when the "experts" sound condescending when describing how people from hundreds of years past knew how to cultivate and create beautiful things, how do you think we learnt 😂 intelligence is not new, neither is common sense
Wonderful! The experts who guided us through and spoke on the exhibits are exceptional. It was a real treat to spend time with them and these extraordinary artefacts. The enthusiasm of the presenters was invigorating also I would agree with other comments that Peter Snow perhaps let his excitement occasionally interrupt the flow and elucidation provided.
More of these, please! I wouldn't mind more concentrated, deeper dives into more specific areas of study even. Talks and presentations that delve further into the more academic, such as one might enjoy at university level?
Thankyou for this brilliant work!
Thank you thank you thank you from toronto canada.
Please make more of these. It allows anyone to see the wonders of Museum. The way it should be! Amazing production and narration!
Wonderful.... only one regret.... I wanted to see more of the objects... i'm sure some will say that the insights shared by the historians were paramount .... but i believe that the objects, in bigger numbers, would have had just as powerful an impact....
These artifacts belong in Italy, NOT the British Museum!
Despite the apparent production value and posh narration by the semi-famous presenters, the REAL story is how the British Empire spent CENTURIES systematically STEALING valuable priceless artifacts from all over the World, and lost more in transit to the bottom of the Atlantic and Mediterranean seas than actually EVER finally arrived to have been displayed in the museum.
The British Museum is the ONE place on the planet that should be opened up for Countries around the World to rummage through to reclaim their stolen history.
These items belong to the ITALIAN Museum in Rome or Capua, or Pompeii or Herculaneum themselves, and should be returned IMMEDIATELY for that reason.
In the meantime, NOBODY should be swayed by the aristocracy to support or defend the THIEVERY behind the acquisition of these artifacts whatsoever!
Give the World back their history, United Kingdom!
The truth of your conquest and oppression belies your claims of your educational motivations. A stain not easily painted over.
TWSTF 8 No one is saying they belong to the British Museum, they are on loan
from the museum of Naples. The area is a World Heritage Site as such is for the world to enjoy and understand, for many people they may never have the opportunity to travel to the site. The British Museum has been held responsible for “stealing “ the fresco from the Parthenon in Greece. In reality they were sold to Lord Elgin by the Greek government and subsequently to the British Museum. Had they not been sold, the odds are that they would no longer be in existence.
It was a different time with a different mindset !
❤️@@twstf8905
When I visited Pompeii with my wife a couple of years ago we were evacuated due to adverse weather conditions so I'd like to return to complete my visit, as it were.
This was great, I really enjoyed it! An unexpected bonus was it being presented through the lens of British culture...the buildup to that Pan statue as if it were something so shocking. I found it to be an incredibly beautiful and complex statue, but had no problems looking at it, no lie!
Because they only showed the back side of the statue. It’s far more graphically cringe-inducing from the front.
yeah, when she basically said "nobody can look at this without being shocked"
I was like "WTF - what kind of deeply ingrained prudism drives this experienced, obviously not shy woman to say that?"
Really, this is nice pornographic fantasy art quite nicer than most porn out there.
@@nilesbutler8638 I'm not sure being shocked at hardcore bestiality is considered ingrained prudism 😂
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The garden fresco is amazing! In some instances it almost looks 3D! It must have truly been spectacular when it was intact.
Amazing that there's still a lot of Pompeii unexcavated.
This was absolutely fascinating..Thank you so much for this wonderful content.
These artifacts belong in Italy, NOT the British Museum!
Despite the apparent production value and posh narration by the semi-famous presenters, the REAL story is how the British Empire spent CENTURIES systematically STEALING valuable priceless artifacts from all over the World, and lost more in transit to the bottom of the Atlantic and Mediterranean seas than actually EVER finally arrived to have been displayed in the museum.
The British Museum is the ONE place on the planet that should be opened up for Countries around the World to rummage through to reclaim their stolen history.
These items belong to the ITALIAN Museum in Rome or Capua, or Pompeii or Herculaneum themselves, and should be returned IMMEDIATELY for that reason.
In the meantime, NOBODY should be swayed by the aristocracy to support or defend the THIEVERY behind the acquisition of these artifacts whatsoever!
Give the World back their history, United Kingdom!
The truth of your conquest and oppression belies your claims of your educational motivations. A stain not easily painted over.
Thank you for sharing this video. Mary described everything very well. Peter kept interrupting though. I would love to see Pompeii
Really enjoyed this doc. Appreciated the rare BOGOF with Bett and Mary sppearing together. I went to Pompeii in 2007 and the BM exhibition afterwards. Both were amazing. Thanks for posting this on here it brings back happy memories!
The thing about stamping bread dough that was brought to the bakers for baking at about 43:00 was a thing in the UK until ovens that could bake became commonplace in homes. I'm not sure why Peter Snow is so surprised, as he must have heard the nursery rhyme:
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man.
Bake me a cake as fast as you can
Pat it and prick it, and mark it with B,
Put it in the oven for Baby and me.
Mary Beard is a highly educated woman .. she is very qualified in this area. No One alive today can come close to her knowledge ... The artifacts were leant to the British Museum by Italy... wonderful. Peter Snow is a former news reader .. and can't stop himself interrupting. He is very knowledge on battle field history. I very much enjoyed this tour .. Thanks British Museum.
I'am often in England, and museums there, but tour with Mary is perfection! 💗💜💕
All of their artifacts are stolen and should be given back to the counties it originated from.
You have to go to pompeii to understand, feel, touch and know pompei. Ive been 6 times, know every corner every building every discovery. Its more than a passion for me, its my life. Sadly i cant get there as often as i like but every chance i get i walk into this ancient ruin and can see it as was that fateful day. Id love to be allowed to excavate i really would!
Recorded 2013 when pandemic not around 🇬🇧 😞 Thank you for sharing.
These are things I will never see in person so I’m thankful for these videos.
It just seems like somebody would have asked Peter Snow to try and not sound like he was laughing the whole time.
So right! Only thing i didn't liked
Bettany Hughes ! My favourite! Thank you for this documentary!
I’m so grateful to have the opportunity to see this online. I love the British Museum, but I live in California so this is SO exciting to see. Thank you for this astonishing exhibition and for this video event.
Enjoyed every word! How amazing to see these beautiful, interesting ahem, and the glimpse into this ‘ordinary’ life which isn’t ordinary at all. Thank you.
Normally I might find these sorts of presentations quite dry and boring, but this captivated by interest for the whole duration. I applaud the 'straight talk' adult content and slang, as I cant imagine kids would be remotely interested in stuffy old history videos. The delightful presenters brought this collection to life in a way even a curator would struggle to do, and if I were near London I would love to explore it after this heads up. At least a hundred thousand people got to see this, proving popularity. One tip: seeing the presentors faces on the cover image for this video would get x3 times the views and responses, and its never too late to change this to a more official branded channel to get more views. This is THE British Museum, after all, and you are right to feel proud of it.
What a wonderful gift this LIVE has been. Really would love to see many more treatments such as this of museum exhibits.
Thank you for posting this. Love and sincere thanks from Houston, TX.
Thank you. I am so grateful for all those talented, creative and endlessly adaptable folk out there in the field of art and culture. So important, life enhancing and affirming during this period of threat, transition, isolation and social distancing when our political leaders are, in so many ways failing us.
very well done and interesting and enriching way of experiencing a museum exhibition. all the great museums of the world should create and promote such events, thank you!
That was awesome! Thank you so much 💓
Thank you British museum, entertaining and very informative look at Pompeii. Fascinating.
The Pompeii Exhibit is now in Houston at the Science Museum through Sept 2021.
Fascinating ! Merci from Paris ! It's always a great great pleasure to listen Mary Beard ! However, the question of Peter Snow about "these absurd character" of Bacchus as he said, is really stupid !
Truly excellent. Absolutely riveting and beautifully done. Thank you.
Herculaneum wasn't killed by a pyroclastic flow like Pompeii, but a "lahar" or mudslide. This is why the material covering it is so much more difficult to dig through than excavating Pompeii. The volcanic mud that covered Herculaneum dried and hardened into what is effectively solid concrete. It's also why what has been uncovered at Herculaneum was so much better preserved than what has been found at Pompeii.
Thats so great to do that and to give this to the public
😊Thank you very much for this excellent program, absolutely fabulous and Mary Beard always accurate and exquisite in her presentation...keep Peter Snow away from any other program's please?!?! very distracting and patronising in his way...but as an Italian you make me very proud, and yours knowledge of my country and the history of it is remarkable Grazie mille.
It brings me joy and comfort to know that we live in a world where things like this happen.
Amazing!!!! Do this type of show more often!!!!
I think its amazing that in Pompeii they had bars and parties and fast food restaurants and big marble temples but then hundreds of years later people were living in dirt shacks and living a not very civilised life. Obviously is depends where your talking about but its still weird
Thank you to The British Museum, a marvelous exhibition.
This is an awesome video of the exhibit. I wish these guys were along on all the museum tours. We were able to see Herculaneum and it was such a great family trip to see how these families so long ago lived. I cant wait to get backnto Europe and see more of these sites! Thank you for creating this video :)
Wonderful. Thank you for putting this recording here, to share it with the world! Much appreciated.
wonderful production ! a treasure revealing a treasure ! Thank you ! greetings from Phoenix AZ USA
Lovely to see how passionate the different experts are on their subject.
Thank you so much British Museum, I was due to have my first UK & Europe trip in June and July but have had to cancel everything due to the situation. The museums would have definitely been one of the highlights of the trip
kim-chi feeling you was supposed to go to france and Belgium in May. Changed to the FALL. May have to change it again
All of my favorites!!! Especially Mary.
Just incredible! Goosebumps at the end with the music in the garden courtyard.
Loved this thank you. I love Mary Beard and her expertise just reaches me effortlessly. I do like the other commentators too never mind the actual content, so interesting.
Love Mary beard could listen to her all day. Very interesting !!!
So fascinating! I wish all museums had this live broadcast and virtual tour
The masks in the garden frescos in the Villa of the Golden Bracelet are there because Dionysus Bacchus was also the god of theatre.
I really would like to say thank you. With these videos we can reach a little bit of BM in oour homes. I am from Brazil, history teacher and love watch your presentation. I am really delighted. Thank you, thank you, thank you. May be one day, i could be at this museum once again.
Great story. Well presented. Thanks
Thank you SO much for making this available!! Such a moving and interesting documentary!
Thank you so much - what a treat to see this.
Enjoyed it all! Greetings from San José, Costa Rica.
Hello from Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦
Seeing the family from the house of the golden bracelet truly does bring the horror and tragedy of the eruption fully to life, so to speak. The knowledge of this family’s end is just so very heartbreakingly poignant and touching. As always, I am relieved to know that they did not suffer slow, painful deaths at the end. It is truly a blessing that they didn’t truly know what was about to happen to them.
This exhibit in particular is fascinating to me. I was in my early teens when the bodies preserved in plaster were first introduced to the public in a National Geographic magazine, and it fully engaged my imagination and lit a lifelong interest in both archeology and anthropology. Although I eventually would go into clinical psychology as a career, had my life gone a little differently I would have loved to become an archeologist. We learn so much from history, and Pompeii and Herculaneum are such rich and varied instructors.
FWIW, I am in agreement with the experts to preserve and protect what has already been found, leave the rest to future generations to discover and learn from. Thank you so much for putting this online, I have quite enjoyed it.
Thank you to all the team. I saw the exhibition but to have the experts on hand to explain is fascinating.
That was great and very very interesting. I feel bad about complaining about any aspect, but the presenter was extremely irritating, what with interrupting the experts (I was interested in what Mary Beard was saying about slaves but he just forced her to move on) and letting his modern day biases about everything from the taste of the food to the smells to the gods come to the fore. Nothing to do with his age (so many ageist comments on here), he is just a lousy presenter.
Alison Manion agreed! I was getting so frustrated. I just wanted to hear what she was saying but he would interrupt her mid sentence. Then him chuckling while they were talking about the people dying towards the end was just disturbing.
Could have been bad or lack of producing/guidance while shooting the segments, I expect they would have a very small crew on sight while filming due to wanting to minimize risks.
But yes the very frequent interruptions are distracting.
That tie was horrendous as well.
I felt like Mary Beard was going on and on, and I thought he did a good job of staying on topic as she rambled a lot. She obviously knows very much but she never stopped talking and getting to the point lol I do think she's absolutely brilliant though.
Adrian Frank I actually think the tie is a nice splash of colour!
What a wonderful program.
Sending thankful greetings from Slovenia.
I love the passion they all speak about these roman cities with. Yes, history is simply fascinating. The artifacts are very interesting. Excellent event and video.
its a reminder you cant take nothing with you/ these fantastic treasures have lasted thousands of years and we are here in a blink off an eye/ dont put your life into THINGS / great show bravo/
I will never find out after 10 mins of hearing how great the presenters thought of the others were and thus themselves yet without a start to the actual tour I gave up !
Thank you so much for sharing this!!!! This is an excellent example of how museums can integrate technology into exhibits! This sets a new standard for all of us.
I totally agree, about not being in a hurry to excavate more areas, before conservation of the areas already exposed. First visit to Pompeii, areas were freshly excavated. Have photos of paintings & mosaics now cut out and in the museum. Was a wonder to wonder about shooting several hundred photos. Next visit back, left me mortified at the state of Pompeii. Scaffolding & plywood everywhere holding up walls ready to collapse. Years of neglect and corruption within the government, left this wonderful site, a total disaster. So, am very thankful to see so much of their culture preserved and safely in museums for future generations to marvel at. The the most part, the presenters were enlightening. And listening to Bettany Hughes and Mary Beard exchanging ideas was brilliant. The only downer was Mr. Showboat aka Peter Snow, constantly interrupting and pretty much, just rude & ignorant of the Pompeii culture. Doubt he played outside much as a child. Otherwise thoroughly enjoyed and learned quite a number of new things. Thank you.
It's amazing that a museum would have the pleasure to make video content for netizens to watch. Such a delightful way to enjoy these things from far away, thank you for what you do :)
Beautiful broadcast, with so many exquisit specialists, Mary Beard, Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, Bettany Hughes ... really enjoyed this!
Nice to see the brothel of Pompeii was so well preserved, might have been the safest place in the city from all the 'relics' they got there =3
Very well done. What a treat to have a one and a half hour video devoted to the treasures of the two most fragile cities excavated. COVID situation has made it possible for British Museum to showcase exhibitions in a format not thought of before but equally appealing. Need more !
This is absolutely amazing! I loved every minute of this video!!
Stunning! Thank you for a great insight into the exhibition
This is great, second only to going there. Thanks!
thank you for an amazing presentation.
I consider we are very fortunate to have such interesting and informative events such as this placed up on RUclips - a facility that has become my portal to the world - to so much that is important and relevant. Thanks very much :)
Andrew Wallace and merry beard have so much passion